https://github.com/hugovk/gutendelight

Tweeting a mix of hip hop (Rapper's Delight, Fight the Power, The Message, etc.) and classic literature from Project Gutenberg.
https://github.com/hugovk/gutendelight

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Tweeting a mix of hip hop (Rapper's Delight, Fight the Power, The Message, etc.) and classic literature from Project Gutenberg.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hugovk/gutendelight
• Owner: hugovk
• Created: 2015-02-14T11:55:59.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-12-22T19:26:27.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-28T17:47:50.997Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: bot, gutenberg, hip-hop, literature, rhymes, twitterbot
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://twitter.com/gutendelight
• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# @gutendelight

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Tweeting a mix of hip-hop (Rapper's Delight, Fight the Power, The Message, etc.) and classic literature from Project Gutenberg.

See the Twitter bot in action at **[![](https://abs.twimg.com/favicons/favicon.ico)@gutendelight](https://twitter.com/gutendelight)** and some of the best at [![](http://favstar.fm/favicon.ico)Favstar](http://favstar.fm/users/gutendelight).

## Some examples

> The brother who rocks so viciously  

> *He gazed at me suspiciously*

https://twitter.com/hugovk/status/564387719259111425

> He said, "Sit down, punk, I wanna talk to you  

> *Each has his lot, and bears the fate he drew.*

https://twitter.com/gutendelight/status/566563697787940865

> I guess by now you can take a hunch  

> *"Let us consider," said he, after lunch.*

https://twitter.com/gutendelight/status/566563143791673344

> Then you throw your hands high in the air,  

> *"I don't see," said the native Bear.*

https://twitter.com/gutendelight/status/566560879475687425

## Algorithm goes a little something like this

1. Pick a random line from a file containing a bunch of hip-hop lyrics.

2. Take the last word and find its rhymes using the [Wordnik API](http://developer.wordnik.com/docs.html#!/word/getRelatedWords_get_4).

3. Pick a rhyme at random.

4. Find all the sentences from the [Project Gutenberg August 2003 CD](http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_CD_and_DVD_Project) ("contains 600 of our best Ebooks") that end with that rhyming word (using [gutengrep](https://github.com/hugovk/gutengrep)).

5. Pick one that's about the same number of syllables as the first line (using [Akkana Peck's countsyl](https://github.com/akkana/scripts/blob/master/countsyl)).

6. If no rhymes or matches found, or a sentence is too long, try another until something's found.

7. Tweet 'em!